Sochi 2014 Olympics: Obama, Harper bet beer on games

As the U.S. women’s hockey team fell Thursday afternoon to Canada in Sochi, the stakes were higher than a gold medal: The leaders of their countries have beer riding on the outcome of the game.

Fresh off their trilateral meeting in Mexico, President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper both tweeted Thursday that they had a case of beer riding on each Olympic hockey game this week between the U.S. and Canada: Thursday’s gold medal game between the women’s teams and Friday’s semifinals between the men’s teams.

.@pmharper and I bet on the women's and men's US-Canada hockey games. Winner gets a case of beer for each game. #GoTeamUSA! -bo